dd-b wrote:> I get cranky when far-future societies have anything recognizable as religeon, personally. Makes no sense it would last that long. People, we are talking about fiction. There can be religeon or atheism or whatever the author wants to have. Atheism is a religeon of non-belief in god. So even atheists have a religeon. Also keep in mind that the main purpose of religeon is not to comfort people and explain things. It's about POWER. He who controls the church controls the state. Especially in medieval times. As much as I loath religeon, I have to admit that I find it fascinating also. Where you find society, you will find religeon of some kind. There is always some charlatan out there trying to convince the gullible that he can make it rain fire. John D. Barbato,O.D. "I miss everything I'll never be.", Billy Corgin, smashing punkins